LOGINLiora’s POVThe estate lights were already fading behind us when I stopped pretending I wasn’t uneasy. Fay sat beside me, hands folded tightly in her lap and neither of us spoke for a long time.Outside the window, the estate had become a distant silhouette swallowed by darkness.My fingers tightened against the edge of the seat and Fay noticed.“You’re thinking about him,” she said quietly.I didn’t ask who she meant because I already knew.“Of course I am. Alpha Kael will lose his mind when he finds out” I replied. Fay swallowed.“That’s putting it lightly" she said.I let out a breath through my nose.“I’m not afraid of him" I said.It wasn’t entirely true but it sounded better than the truth, which was that I didn’t fully understand what I felt anymore when it came to him.The car shifted slightly as it hit a rough patch of road.Two guards sat in the front and two more followed in another vehicle behind us.Fay leaned closer to me.“I don’t like this. This feels like a trap,” sh
Alpha Kael's POVMy eyes remained locked on Amarok, his arrogance still marveled me.A slow smile appeared on Amarok's face, as though he enjoyed every second of the tension he had created.His hand still rested casually on the dining table and his posture remained relaxed.Around us, the atmosphere grew heavier. The scent of unease spread throughout the hall.I could smell it on everyone, especially from Amarok's wolves who looked almost eager, as though they wanted to see what would happen next.I slowly leaned back in my chair."You've lost your mind" I said, my voice came out dangerously calm.Amarok laughed."Perhaps or perhaps I simply know what I want" he said. His eyes flickered toward the door where Liora had been taken moments earlier and my jaw tightened.The dining hall felt smaller. The urge to throw him out myself became increasingly difficult to ignore.Across from me, Elena rolled her eyes dramatically."Oh, for Moon Goddess' sake."Everyone looked at her as she waved
Liora’s POVI sat there in silence long after Fay finished speaking. Her voice had cracked in places I couldn’t ignore.I knew it wasn't entirely easy for her to come out and tell me those things and it touched me that she trusted me so much to do so.My hands curled tightly in my lap as I stared at her face, at the way she kept trying to act like she was fine now that she had told me everything.But she wasn’t fine, not even close. And neither was I.My chest felt angrily tight at what I had heard. I never would've thought Fay had experienced such hardships, even worse than I did.Rio was a fucking bastard for what he did to Fay and now, his name felt like poison in my mouth.Fay looked down.“That’s why I'm always hard on you so you won't make the same mistakes i did” she finished softly. My throat tightened.“So he just… used you?” I asked.Fay didn’t answer immediately and that silence was enough.My jaw clenched and my hands trembled slightly.“That’s disgusting,” I said quietly
Fay's POVRio's words still echoed inside my head. Every cruel sentence rang loudly as I stared at him.My vision blurred by tears and my hands trembled so violently that I could barely keep them at my sides."Why?"The question escaped me before I could stop it but Rio didn't answer. He simply looked away.That hurt more than anything.Alpha Kael's voice suddenly cut through the room."One final time. Who is the father?" he asked, the pregnancy test still in his hand.The room became silent and I could hear my own heartbeat.My heart felt like it was breaking apart piece by piece and I looked directly at Rio who finally met my gaze.There was a warning in his eyes but I was done protecting him."The father is Rio" I said as my voice shook.For a second, even Alpha Kael looked surprised and I continued before fear could stop me."We've been together for a long time" I said, my voice cracking. I pointed directly at Rio."He is the father of my child" I said.Alpha Kael slowly turned t
Fay's POVI opened my mouth to speak but then Alpha Kael’s voice took over."Everybody out" he thundered. Elena tried to argue in her favour but the look on Alpha Kael's face was enough answer. The moment the door closed behind the last person, the room felt much smaller, like the walls themselves were closing in around me.My hands trembled at my sides as I stood there, trying not to panic, trying not to cry or to completely fall apart.A few moments ago, I had thought everything would be okay. Rio had arrived, he had taken the pregnancy test from Elena before she could use it against me.For one beautiful second, I had believed he had come to save me, now I wasn't so sure.The room was dead silent. The only sounds were the ticking of a clock somewhere in the corner and my own heartbeat hammering inside my chest.Alpha Kael stood near the window, the pregnancy test in his hand. His expression was terrifying, not loud, just cold enough to make my knees weak.Beside him stood Rio and
Fay’s POVTime stopped in the bathroom, or maybe it just felt like it did.I stood there, staring at the small test resting on the counter like it was something alive, something that could ruin me or should i say it was something that already had.My hands shook so badly I could barely breathe properly. The guards outside were restless. I could hear them shifting, impatiently. “Is she done yet?”“Luna Elena is waiting.”Their voices felt distant, but not far enough. My heart hammered violently in my chest as I forced myself to look again, just one more time to be sure.My eyes locked onto it and everything inside me went still.It was positive. The word wasn’t written anywhere, but it didn’t need to be. I knew by the double lines I saw.My breath caught sharply and for a second, I couldn’t think at all. I just stood there, frozen.I was pregnant.A strange wave hit me immediately, shock first, then something softer underneath it.My chest tightened at the thought of Rio and the thoug
Alpha Kael’s POVThe grand hall smelled of tension. Even the guards stationed around the walls looked uncomfortable beneath the pressure filling the room.I stood near the center of the hall with my arms folded behind my back while the Council members glared at me.Magnus slammed his hand against t
Alpha Kael’s POV(Few moments ago, during the drive)The ride back to the estate had been unbearably quiet.Liora sat beside me in the backseat, pressed near the window as though she wanted as much distance between us as possible. Her silence irritated me.The city lights had disappeared gradually
Alpha Kael’s POVMy eyes were fixed on Liora and the bastard standing close to her.His posture was relaxed despite the armed guards surrounding him, and that alone irritated me further. Wolves only stood that calmly when they believed they were the strongest one in the room.He finally released Li
Liora’s POVMy chest rose and fell unevenly beneath Amarok’s hand as he still covered my eyes carefully.The scent of blood had become overwhelming and my stomach twisted painfully.Amarok’s voice came softly near my ear.“Don’t panic" he said.Easy for him to say.My entire body trembled. I could







